Combination freight and dump car.



A. LIPSGHUTZ. "COMBINATION FREIGHT AND DUMP OAR.

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ARTHUR LIPSGHUTZ, OF ST. IiOUIS, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR, BY DIRECT AND MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, TO

NATIONAL CO'AL DUMP (JAR COM- PANY, AGORPORATION SOUTH DAKOTA.

COMBINATION- FREIGHT AND DUMP OAR;

To allwhom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, ARTHUR LIPSCHUTZ', a resident of St. Louis, Stateof Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Im rove ments in Combination Freightand ump Cars, of which the following is-a specification. My invention relates to railroad-cars, and has articular reference to frei ht-cars ada ted or the transportation 0? either bulk ie'ce, or package freight and also adapted or. employment as dumpecars in carrying and distributing materials such as coal, sand, gravel, and the like.

The object of my invention is to ,provide a dumping-car with a straight level floor that wholly composed of drop-doors. A car o this type has an underframe composed, of longitudinally and transversely disposed'members connected to one another at theirends, leaving large square 0 enings between them. 'It has proven d flicultto make a ear of thistype strong enough to withstand the shocks and strains to which it is subjected, and the particular object of this invention is to provide a calm bine'd frei ht and dump car of great strength, but which, nevertheless, shall be of light 9 weight, comparedwith other cars of equal capacity.

A further and particular object of my invention is :to rovide a freight-car forgeneral use that shall have an extremely strong center sill and yet retain'the advantages of a car having an articulated center sill, like that which is shown in Letters PatentNo. 750,670 granted to me January 26, 1904;.

i "With these cheats in view mylinve ntion' consists in-a com ined freight and dump car having an underframe composed of side members connected by tr'anverse members, in combination with a wide strong-rein forcingmember incorporated with the underfra'me in such manner that it does not interfere with the drop of the doors and'permits the inner edges of .the two rows'of doors to be brou ht close together,-avo iding the I usual wide edge betweenthedoors; and my invention further consists in .a; car oft-he class described which has side girder-platesor equivalent parts connected transverse beams, in combinationwitha center sill;

' underlying said beams and a pluralityof s e ification of Letters 1 atent A Application filed April 1, 1904. Serial No. 201,048.

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. doorssubstantially flush with the tops of said beams; and, further, my invention consists in a car having suitable side members connected b transverse beams, in combination with alight center sill having'its top substantially flush with the tops of said transverse beams, suitable floor-forming doors.

also substantially flush therewith, and a reinforcing load-sustaining center sill underlying said light center sill; and, further, my. I

invention consists in a dump-car comprising a center sill, in combination wlth transverse elements or beams crossing the top of said' center sill, parallel beams or members overlying the-centersillat eachend of thecar connecting the transverse members of such ortions, and a narrow beam or beams over ying the intermediate portion of the center sill and connecting the transverse meme bers lying between the ends of the car; and m invention also consists in various details of construction and in combination of parts, all as hereinafter described, and particularly pointed out in the claims. The-invention will be more readily understood by reference to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, and in which Figure 1 is a plan view of embodying my invention. n zontal sectlon thereof beneath t e floorof the car. Fig. 3 is an enlarged. cross-section on the line as? m, Fig. 1.v Flg. 4 is a similar section on the line 1 y, Fig. 1. section similar to Fig. 2 but showing a sin le beam that constitutes the greater part of t e length of the articulated center sill, taking aiportionof a car .2 is a hori- Fig. 6 is a vertical section on the line z, z, Fi 5. Fig. 7 is an enlarged sectional detail ta on from Fig. 4. Fig. 8jis a similar detail taken from Fig. 3.'

While my invention-is not limited thereto, I prefer the embodiment or structure illustrated in the drawings, finding 'the' same stronger, more simple, lighter, and cheaper other thus far evised. Furthermore, a thou h I have illustrated my invention as an al -s'teel 'car, it should be understood that it is equally; adapted for embodimentinwood;

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'Th0.giSt 'of my invention, explained fully Fig'. 5 is a plan i that by carryingthe weightupon the. center hereinafter, resides'in' a car structure wheresill the sides of the car may be made without heavy side sills, ,yet while I have illustrated my car as having'sides that serve in place of the gusual side sills the invention is not confined thereto. v

In some cases regular side sills are substituted for'the plates shown, in which case the ends ofthe'beams 3 are attached to such sills and the sides of the cars are erected above the sills. Thebeams 3, that are continuous from side to side, are used in the intermediate portions of the car. Atthe ends of the car they are replaced by the-bolsters 4 and end sills5.

The bolsters and end sills may be of any desired construction; but, as shown, I prefer to employ built-up bolsters and a pressed: steelend sill. The cross members and the side members are joined by angle-plates and rivets and constitute a rigid frame capable of withstanding torsional strains; but these parts unless of great weight would not alone support a load between trucks or withstand heavy pulling and buffing strains. To secure maximum strength with a minimum weight of metal, I incorporate with the underframe of the car a heavy center sill, which underlies the cross *beams or members. Virtually the body of the car rests upon this heavy center sill and the cross-beams carry the load on each side thereof. The center sill which I prefer is one constructed of the'heavy channel-beams 6 6, connected by top and bottom cover or gusset plates 7. In some cases I extend continuous plates from end to end ofthe center sill. The bolsters 4 may be notched orbuilt around the center sill and. said center sill made to extend from end sill to end. sill of the car. 'I prefer, however, to make the center sills continuous from bolster to bolster only and to provide it with splices between bolsters and end. sills. The car when thus constructed may be easily repaired when damaged at-its ends. The external appearance of the center sill the same in both cases, and no' attempt is made in the drawings to differentiate between a continuous and a spliced center sill. It will 'be observed that the cross-beams 3 rest upon and are secured to the tops of the center sill 6 and that the tops of the' bolsters and of the end sills 5 rise to the level of the tops of the beams 3. There are therefore spaces above the center sill 6 and between the several transverse members. I utilize these spaces for the longitudinal member or members that divide the fioor of the carinto parallel rows of door openings or :frames,

and by reason of the elevation of the floorsurface above the center sill am able to use narrow longitudinal parts, whereby the space or ledge between the rows of o enings may be cut down to such an extent that it becomes a.negligible quantity when considering the self-dumping qualities of the car. I. term the. complete structure directly overlying the center sill an articulated sill, as it serves .toIeinfOrce-the underframe against pulling and buffing strains, as well as servin as a part to WhlOlltllG doors may be hinge In those cars wherein I employ a spliced center sill 6 I construct-the articulated sill in such a manner as to reinforcethe s lices of the center sill. three (or more lengths, and in every case I prefer that the end sections or-len the of the articulated sill shall extend from t 1eend=sill to the first cross-beam 3, thereby bridging the splice of-the center sill at thebolster. This feature of my invention is well illustratedin'Figs. 2, 5,' and 6. Thus at the ends ofthe car the spaces above the center sill-6 and between the end sill and the firstbeam 3 are occupied by parallel beams or channels-8. These rest upon the cover-plate ofthe sill 6 and are riveted thereto and constitute the end section of the articulated sill.

A single rolled or built-up I-beam may takethe place of the parallel beams-8 8; but I prefer the latter 'for two reasons-to wit,

because space is afforded between them'for the truck center bolt-socket and because I find it advisable to use a wider floor-plate 9 at the end of the carand itis most convenient to support it near its edges. Plate 9 is usually narrower than the top of'the center sill. The beams 8 8 with the'plates at top and bottom constitute a very stron boxgirder that materially strengthens tie car above the truck, being rigidly splicedto-thc bolster, the center sill, the end sill, and the beam 3. The spaces between the beams 3 over the center sill are occupied by anarrow beam 11, the top of which is flush withthe tops of the cross-beams 3. The beam 11 may be in a single length, as shown in Fi 5; but I prefer to make it in sections 1 1, as i lustrated in Fig. 2, cutting'thc sections to fithetween the beams 3 and splicing the ends thereto. The to s of the cross-beams 3, the bolsters 4, and t 1e longitudinal parts 8 and 11 are covered by narrow floor-plates 3, 4, 9, and 11 of slightly greaterwidth than the uncerlying parts -to provide flanges that shall overlap the edges of the drop-doors 12. The floor-plates may be omitted -when builtup sections 11 and 3 are used. The lower corners of the car-body are framed by the angle-bars 13, having horizontal flanges that rest upon the ends of the cross floor-plates. Similarangle-bars 13 extend across-the ends of the car to overlap the edges of the end doors-12. The doors 12 are ofany'suitable The articulated si is composed of edges of the-plate.

construction, but each is. preferably made andclose the cracks around'the doors. The

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doors 12 are attached by hinges '14 to the. sides of the cross members articulated-sill or to the, sides of said sill, as preferred. In either case the inner flanges of the doors underlap the extendingedges or flanges of the articulated sill.

Any suitable means may be employed for raising and sup orting the doors, and when wit the ne ligible narrow top flanges or floor-plates of t e longitudinal and transverse members, constitute a level floor for the car. The floor being level'will accommodate any kind of a load. Loads such as coal, coke, sand, gravel, and the like will be entirelydischarged from the car without shovelingwhen the doors are dropped. Limiting-chains'are usually applied to the free edges 6f the doors, and in no case are. the doors permitted to drop far enough to strike the/upper corners ofthe underlying center sill. The narrow,-upper, or false sill may be in one length from end to end of the car and o of uniform top Width throughout; but as the doors at the end'of the car cannot be fully opened becauseof the trucks that are beneath them and as their inclination is insufficient when hinged so near the center line of the .car-floor I. always prefer to use the wide sections 9 over the the hinges of the four end doors far enou I from the center to provide suflicient dum ing pitch when thedoors are dropped. TlIe claim as new and desire ends of the car-body may be permanent or hinged, as necessitated by the service for whicha particular car is intended.

It is obvious that numerous modifications of the'structure herein disclosed will readily suggest themselves to one skilled in the art, and I therefore dojnot confine my invention to the articular structures and combinations of elements herein shown and described. v

Hay ing thus described my invention, I to secure by Letters Patent 1. Ina dumping-car, a plurality of transverse members, in combination .with suitable side members or sills, a center-sill havin its top substantially in the plane of the tops 0 the said transverse members,'a plurality of doors hinged adjacent to said center sill, and a loadcarrying center sill underlyin the first-mentioned center sill, substantial y as described.

2. In a dumping-car, a plurality of transverse members in combination with suitable side members or sills, a narrow center sill having its top substantially. in the plane of the tops of t e said transverse members, a

at points near the trucks, thereby removinlg g 1 above said center sill, substantia like center sill, bination with a plurality of transverse inemverse members, in combination with suitable side members or sills, an articulated. center Slll having lts top substantially in the plane of the tops of said transverse members,'said articulated'sill being wi(.ler at the ends of the car than in the intermediate portion. thereof,

and a Wide'center'sill underlying said articulated center sill, substantially as described. 4;. In a dumping-car,- a plurality of transverse members, incombination. with suitable side members or sills, a center sill underlying said transverse members, suitable fillers I above said center sill and betweensaid transverse members, said fillers and members having suitable floor-plates or flanges, and dropdoors underlying said plates or flanges, su stantially as described. Y

5. In a dumping-car, a plurality of transverse members,injcombination with suitable side members or sills, a center sill underlying -sa1d transverse members, suitable fillers above said center sill and between said transverse members, said fillers and members h aving suitable floor-plates or flanges, and dropdoors underlying said'plates or flanges, said doors being arranged, in two rows extending from end to end'of the car, substantially as described. I

6. In a dumping-car, a spliced center sill and bolsters, in combination with a plurality ter sill, and an articulated center sill overlying the first-mentioned center sill, joining.

of transverse members resting upon said censaid transverse members and havin sections at its ends that bridge and rei orce the splices of said first-mentionedcenter sill, sub-' 'stantially as described.

7. In. a dum ing-car, a wide box-girder like center sill, holsters and end sills, in combination with a pluralityof transverse members overlying said' center sill and having their tops in the lane of the tops of said bolsters, suitable sidb members or sills, a plurality of drop-doors arranged in the openings betweenthe end sills, members, door spacing or dividing members arranged between the transverse arts and y as described. v

8. In a' dum ing-car, a wide box-girderolsters and end sills, in combers overlying said center sill and having their tops in the lane of the tops of said bolsters, suitable si e members or sills, a plurality of drop-doors arranged in the openings between the end sills bolsters'and transverse members, and door spacing ordividing m embers arranged between the transverse parts and above said center sill, said spacing or,di-;

bolsters and transversev viding members being widened between each group of four end doors, substantially as described.

-9. In a dumping-car, a center sill in combination with a plurality of transverse members having their tops in substantially the same horizontal plane and overlying said center sill, a false sill superimposed upon said center sill, and rising to the lane of said transverse members, said mem ers and false,

sill having suitable floor-plates or flanges, suitable edge floor-plates or flanges, and dropdoors hinged beneath said flanges, substantially as described.

10. Ina dumping-car, a wide centersill, in combination with the bolsters framed there- 

